Day: May 31, 2013
Your Ability To Vote Is Under Continued Attack By The Republicans In Madison
In another sinister attempt to restrict voter rights in the State of Wisconsin, State Representative Jeff Stone of Greenfield introduced a new bill that is quietly but quickly moving through the state assembly. As I posted earlier one of the points in the bill limits recalling elected municipal and school…
New Election Bill Attacks Voter Rights On Any Number Of Levels and MJS Headlines School Board Recalls?
State Representative Jeff Stone introduces a bill that wrecks havoc with voter rights and adds new restrictions on early voting and tries to do an end run to enable voter id legislation (we’ll get to those later). And the headline at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s JSONLINE is Elections bill would…
It’s A Done Deal: Scott Walker Signs Bill to Gut Milwaukee County Board
Governor Scott Walker found his way to Milwaukee today and signed Assembly Bill 85 to gut the power and authority of Milwaukee County’s Board of Directors: Gov. Scott Walker said Friday Milwaukee County government should function more efficiently, under a County Board reform bill Walker signed into law. “This allows…
Newest Gogebic Taconite News Has Me Scratching My Head!
Here are the lead paragraphs from the JSONLINE article about the state’s approval of the Gogebic Taconite’s request to start drilling test sites in Wisconsin for their proposed iron mine: The state Department of Natural Resources on Thursday approved plans by Gogebic Taconite to sink eight exploratory drill holes on…
Sheriff candidate Chris Moews responds to MCSO’s excessive overtime costs
Shortly after news broke that Sheriff David Clarke’s office had racked up nearly $12 million in overtime costs in 2011 and 2012, Lt. Chris Moews, a a candidate for Milwaukee County Sheriff in the 2014 election, issued a press release criticizing the mismanagement that led to the exorbitant overtime costs….
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
This is completely unsurprising… A little more than a month ago, three County Board members held a well-attended press conference to explain why they were trying to oust Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic as their leader. This week the threesome found out the price they would pay for their failed coup. As part…
Watch a bunch of men on Fox News explain how bad it is to have female breadwinners (VIDEO)
Watch as a bunch of men talk on Fox News about how “concerning” and “troubling” it is that a recent study found that in 4 our of 10 American households a woman is now the primary breadwinner. I don’t know what’s worse: Lou Dobbs characterizing news that four out of…
Republicans In Madison Seemed Confused About State Owned Assets
Over the past several weeks we’ve seen the Republicans in the state legislature grant the governor broad and unethical powers to sell any variety of state assets. The plan would be to sell the facilities and lease them back from the new owners or in the case of utilities buy…
Cream for WI State Fair cream puffs to be made in Illinois
Yeah, this just sums things up here in Republican Wisconsin… Illinois-based Prairie Farms is the new official cream supplier of the Wisconsin State Fair cream puffs.
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